IN MEMORIAM 2020
~ January thru November ~
Webmaster's Note: Only individuals who appeared on this site when alive are included on this page.
Don Larsen, American baseball player | |
Christopher Tolkien, English academic, editor of the posthumous publications of his father, J. R. R. Tolkien | |
Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist | |
Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-born American mathematician | |
Harriet Frank, Jr., American screenwriter, Hud, Norma Rae | |
Nicholas Parsons, English actor and television presenter, Just a Minute | |
Anne Cox Chambers, American media heiress, philanthropist, and ambassador | |
Mary Higgins Clark, American writer, nicknamed "The Queen of Suspense" | |
Gene Reynolds, American actor and television writer, producer, and director, M*A*S*H | |
George Steiner, French-born American literary critic | |
Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan president (1979-2002) | |
Stanley Cohen, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist | |
Kirk Douglas, American actor, Lust for Life, Paths of Glory, Spartacus | |
Beverly Pepper, American sculptor | |
Roger Kahn, American writer, The Boys of Summer | |
Orson Bean, American actor, TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and game show panelist | |
Marge Redmond, American actress, The Trouble with Angels, TV's The Flying Nun | |
A. E. Hotchner, American writer, Papa Hemingway, King of the Hill, and philanthropist | |
Donald Stratton, American World War II veteran, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona | |
Henry Gray, American blues pianist and singer | |
Lisel Mueller, German-born American poet, The Need to Hold Still | |
Täo Porchon-Lynch, Indian-born American yoga instructor | |
Diana Serra Cary, American child actress, billed as "Baby Peggy Montgomery" | |
John Franzese, Italian-born American mobster | |
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician, portrayed in the film Hidden Figures | |
Lee Phillip Bell, American talk show host and soap opera creator, The Young and the Restless | |
Mario Bunge, Argentinian-born Canadian physicist and philosopher | |
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian prime minister (1981-1982) and president (1981-2011) | |
Freeman Dyson, English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician | |
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic priest and poet | |
James Lipton, American actor and television host, Inside the Actors Studio | |
Amo Houghton, American politician, New York representative (1987-2005) | |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian diplomat, United Nations Secretary-General (1982-1991) | |
Max von Sydow, Swedish actor, The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, Pelle the Conqueror | |
Anton Coppola, American conductor and composer, Sacco and Vanzetti | |
Richard K. Guy, English mathematician | |
Suzy Delair, French actress and singer | |
Stuart Whitman, American actor, The Mark, TV's Cimarron Strip | |
Maggie Griffin, American reality-television personality, My Life on the D-List | |
Catherine Hamlin, Australian obstetrician and gynecologist, co-founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital | |
Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist, the Astérix series | |
Joseph Lowery, American civil rights activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference | |
Jan Howard, American country singer, "Evil on Your Mind" | |
Philip W. Anderson, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Manolis Glezos, Greek World War II resistance fighter and politician | |
Hau Pei-tsun, Chinese premier (1990-1993) | |
Bucky Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist | |
William Frankland, English allergist and immunologist | |
Honor Blackman, English actress, Goldfinger, TV's The Avengers | |
E. Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist | |
Herb Stempel, American television personality, figure in the 1950’s quiz show scandal | |
Mort Drucker, American cartoonist, regular contributor to Mad magazine | |
Phyllis Lyon, American gay rights activist | |
Stirling Moss, English race car driver | |
Rubem Fonseca, Brazilian writer, Agosto | |
Lee Konitz, American jazz saxophonist and composer | |
Gene Deitch, American illustrator and animated film director, Tom Terrific | |
James M. Beggs, American government official, Administrator of NASA (1981-1985) | |
John Ericson, German-born American actor, Bad Day at Black Rock, TV's General Hospital | |
Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer | |
Don Shula, American football player and coach | |
Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor, TV's Seinfeld, The King of Queens | |
Michel Piccoli, French actor, Belle de Jour | |
Gabriel Bacquier, French opera singer | |
Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer | |
Bruce Jay Friedman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, Stir Crazy, Splash | |
William Sessions, American government official, FBI Director (1987-1993) | |
Jean Raspail, French writer, The Camp of the Saints | |
Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat and philanthropist | |
Vera Lynn, English singer, "We'll Meet Again", nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart" | |
Joe Sinnott, American comic book artist | |
Milton Glaser, American graphic designer and illustrator, created the "I ❤ NY" logo | |
Johnny Mandel, American composer, arranger, and songwriter, "The Shadow of Your Smile" | |
Carl Reiner, American comedian, TV's Your Show of Shows, actor, and motion picture director, The Jerk | |
Hugh Downs, American broadcaster and television host, Today, 20/20 | |
Georg Ratzinger, German Catholic priest, musician, and conductor | |
Earl Cameron, Bermudian-born English actor, The Interpreter | |
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and film scorer, The Mission | |
Frank Popper, Austro-Hungarian-born French art historian | |
Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina, cabaret singer, and actress | |
J. I. Packer, English-born Canadian theologian, author of Knowing God | |
Charles Evers, American civil rights activist and politician | |
Olivia de Havilland, American Oscar-winning actress, Gone with the Wind, The Heiress | |
Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer, "Alley Cat" | |
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese president (1988-2000) | |
Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor | |
Eric Bentley, English-born American critic, playwright, and cabaret performer | |
Brent Scowcroft, American government official, National Security Advisor (1975-1977, 1989-1993) | |
Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution | |
Tony Charmoli, American choreographer and television director | |
Franca Valeri, Italian actress, The Sign of Venus | |
Sumner Redstone, American media mogul, chairman and CEO of Viacom | |
Slade Gorton, American politician, Washington senator (1981-1987, 1989-2001) | |
Borys Paton, Ukrainian scientist | |
Allan Rich, American actor, Serpico, Amistad | |
Arnold Spielberg, American electrical engineer, designed the GE-225 mainframe computer | |
Ronald Rosser, American Korean War Medal of Honor recipient | |
Irving Kanarek, American defense attorney, represented Charles Manson and the "Onion Field" killer | |
Annie Cordy, Belgian singer and actress | |
Bill Gates, Sr., American philanthropist | |
Luboš Perek, Czech astronomer | |
John Turner, English-born Canadian prime minister (1984) | |
Arthur Ashkin, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter | |
Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress, Orpheus | |
Yuri Orlov, Russian-born American physicist and human rights activist | |
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti emir (2006-2020) | |
Murray Schisgal, American playwright, Luv, and screenwriter, Tootsie | |
Mark Andrews, American politician, North Dakota representative (1963-1981) and senator (1981-1987) | |
Mike Foster, American politician, Louisiana governor (1996-2004) | |
Tommy Rall, American dancer and actor, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | |
Tom Kennedy, American game show host, You Don't Say!, Name That Tune | |
Whitey Ford, American baseball player | |
Charles Moore, American Olympic gold medal-winning track and field athlete | |
Roberta McCain, American political figure, mother of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain | |
Rhonda Fleming, American actress, Spellbound, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | |
Alan S. Boyd, American government official, Secretary of Transportation (1967-1969) | |
James Randi, Canadian-born American magician, billed as "The Amazing Randi" | |
Marge Champion, American dancer, choreographer, and actress | |
Frank Horvat, Italian-born French photographer | |
Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer, Confessions of a Disloyal European, and political activist | |
Sean Connery, Scottish Oscar-winning actor, the James Bond film series, The Untouchables | |
Betty Dodson, American sex educator, author of Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving | |
Geoffrey Palmer, English actor, A Fish Called Wanda, TV's As Time Goes By | |
Cándido Camero, Cuban-born jazz percussionist | |
Norm Crosby, American comedian | |
Howie Meeker, Canadian hockey player, sports announcer, and politician | |
Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Roger Jepsen, American politician, Iowa senator (1979-1985) | |
Jan Morris, English-born Welsh travel writer | |
David Dinkins, American politician, New York City mayor (1990-1993) | |
Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer and actress |